Can you imagine living a day without plastics? Before you get dressed, you’ll want to check if synthetic fibres are in your garment. Maybe you’ll find it easy to swap a takeaway cup for a porcelain mug, but can you find all your favourite foods without a plastic wrapper? Go…

Concrete is a fundamental building element in our society. While it seems like such a harmless material for the environment, this assumption is far from true: The production process is responsible for around 8% of the global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. These emissions were accepted and looked at as unavoidable…

In this article, we want to explore why access to affordable and clean energy is so important. Clean energy projects in developing areas have a specific effect on children, providing them with education, safety and health. It’s pitch black; Joyce can barely see her hand in front of her eyes…

When thinking of Sumatra in Indonesia, what comes to your mind? Maybe its stunning nature, steaming volcanos, blue lagoons, and lush green jungles? These beautiful sights can easily make us forget that Indonesia is still a developing country. There’s progress, no question, but this comes with growing energy demand. Often…

Droughts, floods, and devastating forest fires, these are the climate disasters we have all seen on the news this year. Climate change impacts can no longer be ignored, and climate experts warn that this is just the beginning. Too much CO2 is already out in the atmosphere and while reducing…

How many emissions does a company produce? The first step to get ahold of our climate crisis is to understand how much greenhouse gases (GHG) we release. But that’s easier said than done. How much KWh did the company air-conditioning use in a year? And how much CO2 was released…

Wind power faces prejudices. Our previous article looked deeper into why the world still hasn’t adopted more wind farms. Essentially, concerns about the efficiency and the fundamental contribution to the energy demand, as well as aesthetics, were found to be the biggest prohibitions. A wind farm project in Taiwan tackled…

Wind energy is renewable, clean, and one of the most affordable sources of energy we have. And yet, in 2019, only around 2% of global electricity came from wind (Ritchie & Roser, 2020). What are the barriers to adopting more wind energy? There are two significant drawbacks to powering our…

The biggest elk population of Alaska can be found on Afognak Island. It’s surrounded by sub-arctic waters and is covered by over 200-year old trees. A stunning place, but scars draw through the forest: From the 1980s, the area was managed for timber production. Since then about 15% of the…